Focusing on homelessness policy, enforcement and impact in Portland Street Roots is launching a long-term reporting project and new coverage section: The Orange Fence Project. The project, which focuses on homelessness policy, enforcement and impact in Po ...
9 Mar 2022 - SR editorial board
Realtors’ efforts paved the way for the dire lack of housing solutions in Josephine County Grants Pass, the hub of Southern Oregon’s Josephine County, just saw its plan for a short-term homeless shelter collapse under the pressure of community opposition. ...
24 Feb 2021 - SR editorial board
Local government can only do so much. We expect more from our national leadership. H omelessness looks very personal. And it is, in the way that all tragedies are personal. While it’s a national crisis — created over generations by local and federal polic ...
21 Oct 2020 - SR editorial board
Street Roots endorses Measure 26-210 Tens of thousands of people are unhoused in this region, and many more are on the brink of homelessness. That was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Record unemployment levels point to drastic increases in severe poverty ah ...
1 May 2020 - SR editorial board
A statewide state of emergency could lead to real solutions without fear standing in the way This week, in our latest installment of Life on the Streets, vendors share their thoughts about fear — being fearful and being feared. “People either respond wit ...
24 Jan 2020 - SR editorial board
4,015 are experiencing homelessness, according to the 2019 Point In Time count; how are we going to fix this? Local officials counted 4,015 people experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County in January. And while that number is slightly lower than just ...
2 Aug 2019 - SR editorial board
Commonly accepted practices are preventing good renters from getting into housing in Portland Across our city, too many people are homeless or unstably housed. What we don’t need are insurmountable barriers to housing that target people of color and those ...
19 Apr 2019 - SR editorial board
A better response to people on Portland's streets might be the linchpin to creating the space for more effective policing Without the political will to comprehensively address Portland’s houseless crisis, the Portland Police Bureau will continue to s ...
22 Mar 2019 - SR editorial board
State tax policy should support real housing needs What does it say about Oregon’s priorities when in the midst of a low-income housing shortage, we, as taxpayers, subsidize people who buy second homes? That is what we do, and have done for decades, by al ...
8 Mar 2019 - SR editorial board
Limits on no-cause evictions and rent increases are a necessary first step, but there’s more to be done The Oregon Legislature is already moving on renter protections. That’s a good sign. On Feb. 4, the Senate Housing Committee, chaired by Sen. Shemia Fag ...
1 Feb 2019 - SR editorial board